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The National Biodiversity Network Trust is the UK charity dedicated to making biodiversity data accessible and useful. We co-ordinate the National Biodiversity Network, develop the NBN Atlas, support iNaturalistUK and are developing the NBN Record Manager. Our work connects biological recording, digital infrastructure and better decisions for nature across the UK.
Our vision is Nature thriving everywhere, in all its diversity.
Our mission is Making data work for nature.
We are looking for an experienced leader to undertake a newly-created Head of Data & Digital role reporting to the Chief Executive Officer on a full-time fixed-term contract of 24 months.
Purpose of Job
Main Responsibilities
Strategic Leadership and Function Management
· Lead the Trust’s data and digital function, aligning work with organisational priorities, the NBN Atlas strategy, and the wider Operating Plan.
· Provide strategic advice to the CEO and senior colleagues on delivery priorities, service development, digital risk, technical resilience, and future investment needs.
· Translate complex technical, delivery, and service development issues into clear options, trade-offs, and recommendations for the CEO, Executive Team, Board, and relevant committees.
· Lead, line manage, and develop the Trust’s data and technical managers, and relevant technical project staff, ensuring clear objectives, strong management practice, accountability, wellbeing support, and effective performance management.
· Build leadership capacity within the function, supporting managers to develop their teams, handle performance issues well, and contribute positively to the Trust’s culture and ways of working.
· Assess capacity, sequencing, and resource pressures across the data and digital portfolio, working with team managers to identify priorities, trade-offs, and resourcing needs and advise the CEO accordingly.
· Work across the Trust to improve prioritisation, sequencing, decision making, and resource allocation across data and digital activity.
· Champion inclusive leadership and equality, diversity and inclusion in team management, service design, recruitment, and ways of working, helping ensure the Trust’s data and digital function is accessible, supportive, and well-led.
Data Infrastructure, Services, and Innovation
· Provide strategic leadership for the stewardship, prioritisation, development, and continuous improvement of the NBN Atlas and related data and digital products and services, working with the relevant data, technical, and programme leads.
· Ensure data and digital activity support the long-term accessibility, usability, quality, and public value of biodiversity records and related digital services.
· Lead diagnostic work, market testing, and service development to identify viable value-added data and digital offers, working with relevant data, technical, programme, and commercial colleagues to shape propositions.
· Oversee the selection, development, and testing of pilot services, hosted products, training, or support offers, working with the relevant delivery leads and refining propositions in light of evidence, demand, legal advice, licensing constraints, and delivery capacity.
Governance, Risk and Project Delivery
· Lead delivery of the organisational resilience project within agreed scope, time, and budget, with support from colleagues and external consultants as required.
· Ensure major data and digital programmes have proportionate project governance, reporting, stakeholder, and advisory arrangements in place, working with relevant programme and project leads and identifying additional project support where required.
· Commission and manage consultants and contractors, ensuring briefs are clear, outputs are practical, and learning is embedded in delivery, working with relevant technical or data leads where specialist assessment or oversight is required.
· Act as the senior staff lead for the Data and Technology Committee, working in partnership with its Trustee Chair and relevant data and technical leads to support effective oversight of the Trust’s data and digital infrastructure, strategic development, risk, and associated governance.
· Oversee function-level risks relating to data and digital resilience, data governance, licensing, delivery capacity, and service sustainability, working with the relevant technical and data leads to ensure specialist risks are identified, managed, and escalated appropriately.
· Balance governance, assurance, and innovation so that data and digital systems support delivery, resilience, and public value without creating unnecessary burden.
· Work with finance and programme colleagues to ensure accurate budgeting, reporting, monitoring, and evidence of impact.
Partnerships, Income Development and External Engagement
· Build and manage relationships with key partners, data providers, heritage and conservation organisations, public bodies, consultancies, funders, and prospective service users.
· Help shape and test future income opportunities, including service offers, hosted portals, training, funded programmes, and strategic partnerships.
· Develop and support fundable and deliverable future propositions arising from the work, ensuring the Trust is better positioned for long term resilience.
· Act as the Trust’s UK Node Manager for GBIF, leading relationships, coordination, and representation linked to the UK Node function, and ensuring this role supports the Trust’s wider strategic, technical, and partnership objectives.
· Represent the Trust externally on biodiversity data infrastructure, digital leadership, service development, standards, and innovation, working alongside relevant technical and data leads where specialist expertise is required
Trust Wide Contribution
· Play an active role in the Executive Team, contributing to organisational planning, business improvement, and wider strategic discussions.
· Keep the wider NBN Trust team up to date with, and involved in, relevant data and digital activity as appropriate.
· Contribute to Trust wide initiatives, events, business planning, and other activities as needed.
· Share ideas, lessons learned, and opportunities openly to improve organisational performance.
General Responsibilities
The ability to travel occasionally is required, including international travel. Candidates must also be based in and have the right to work in the UK, and be able to work effectively from home.
These are the criteria we will be looking for in your application. If you don't meet all of them in full, but can offer something else that would help you excel in the role, we'd still encourage you to apply.
Essential Experience and Qualities
· Strong leadership experience in data, digital, technical, product, or programme roles, ideally with responsibility for teams, delivery, and strategic planning.
· Ability to operate at both strategic and practical levels, moving between organisational leadership, service design, risk management, and delivery oversight.
· Experience of commissioning and managing consultants, contractors, or specialist external support to deliver clear and practical outputs.
· Experience of developing partnerships, shaping propositions, or securing income through funded programmes, service offers, or strategic collaboration.
· Good judgement, with the ability to assess trade-offs, challenge assumptions, and make proportionate decisions in a resource-constrained environment.
· Strong communication and relationship management skills, including confidence with senior stakeholders, funders, partners, and technical specialists.
· Knowledge of biodiversity data infrastructure, environmental data, heritage data, or closely related fields would be beneficial, but is not essential if the candidate can learn quickly and lead credibly.
· Experience of working with Boards, committees, or governance groups, including presenting complex issues clearly and supporting effective decision-making.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Summary of Main Duties and Objectives of the Job:
· Assist in managing crisis response and advocacy teams.
· Provide case oversight and ensure adherence to advocacy standards.
· Support safeguarding and risk management processes.
· Monitor service performance and prepare reports.
· Deputise for the Group Manager when required.
Support the Group Manager to :
· Ensure services meet contractual, legal, and quality standards, including safeguarding, GDPR, and clinical governance.
· Monitor and evaluate service performance, using data and feedback to inform improvements.
· Ensure services are delivered within budget and collaborate with the Finance Manager on financial planning and reporting.
· Contribute to the strategic development of Advocacy & Crisis Prevention services, identifying opportunities for innovation and growth.
· Support tendering and funding applications, working with colleagues to develop compelling proposals.
· Build and maintain relationships with commissioners, funders, and community partners.
· Support the professional development of staff and volunteers through supervision, appraisal, and training.
· Work with HR and senior colleagues to identify training needs and promote wellbeing in the workplace.
· Lead safeguarding practice within the group, ensuring robust policies and procedures are in place.
General principles for all Mind staff:
1. To promote the empowerment of people who experience mental health and emotional wellbeing issues and to help them speak out.
2. To support the active participation of mental health and emotional wellbeing service users in the services they receive.
3. To practice anti-discriminatory behaviour and to adhere to Rochdale and District Mind’s objectives and policies in the delivery of all its services.
These responsibilities are subject to annual review and may need to be adjusted in line with service developments.
Person Specification
Experience
· Experience in crisis intervention or advocacy services.
· Supervisory experience.
Skills & Abilities-
· Strong leadership and team management skills.
· Strong organisational and interpersonal skills.
· Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
· Ability to work strategically and operationally.
· Skilled in safeguarding and risk management
· Ability to design and implement outreach strategies
Knowledge
· Knowledge of relevant legislation (Mental Health Act, Care Act).
· Understanding of mental health and wellbeing issues.
· Knowledge of clinical governance and therapeutic frameworks.
· Awareness of equality, diversity, and inclusion in service delivery.
· Familiarity with GDPR and other compliance requirements.
Values & Approach
· Commitment to Rochdale and District Mind’s values.
· Person-centred and trauma-informed approach.
· Commitment to anti-discriminatory practice and service user empowerment.
Qualifications-
· Relevant qualification in advocacy , psychotherapy, psychology, social work, or related field (or equivalent experience).
We exist to ensure that people do not face mental health issues alone and can lead their lives free from stigma and discrimination.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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About Action for Pulmonary Fibrosis
Action for Pulmonary Fibrosis (APF) is the UK’s leading patient charity dedicated to improving the lives of individuals and families affected by pulmonary fibrosis. Our mission is underpinned by values of compassionate, bold, expert and collaborative. We believe in creating a supportive environment in which both our employees and beneficiaries can thrive.
Founded in 2013 by people affected by PF and clinicians, APF has grown into a respected national charity rooted in community and evidence. We provide trusted information and support, help a growing network of support groups, campaign to improve access to care and invest in research to bring hope of new treatments. APF strives to be an organisation of equity and inclusion, welcoming people from all backgrounds – our team and volunteers aim to reflect the diverse communities we serve.
We have just launched an ambitious five-year strategy (2025–2030), co-created with the PF community, which focuses on expanding support, transforming care, and accelerating research. This strategy marks a step change with a clearer focus, stronger delivery model and greater ambition to ensure no one faces pulmonary fibrosis alone.
Role Purpose
We are looking for a Senior Information and Education Manager to lead our patient information and education work, ensuring people affected by pulmonary fibrosis can access clear, accurate, trusted and accessible information when they need it most.
This is a strategic and hands-on role. You will shape APF’s information and education offer across digital, print and live formats, develop and improve patient information, lead a review of our website content, and ensure our resources remain evidence-based, accessible and shaped by lived experience.
You will also oversee our education programme and line manage our Education and Events Co-ordinator, helping us deliver high-quality events and education that respond to the needs of people affected by pulmonary fibrosis.
We are looking for someone with strong experience in health information, patient education or health content. You will be an excellent writer and editor, able to make complex information clear and accessible, with the strategic thinking and project management skills to turn insight and evidence into practical improvements.
This is an opportunity to play a leading role in ensuring people affected by pulmonary fibrosis have the information, education and support they need throughout their journey.
To apply, please submit a CV and a covering letter of no more than two pages outlining your suitability for the role and how your skills and experience meet the requirements of the job description.
Interviews will be held on a rolling basis, so we encourage interested candidates to apply as soon as possible.
Action for Pulmonary Fibrosis (APF) is a national charity dedicated to improving the lives of individuals and families affected by pulmonary fibrosis.
The role
At Cruse, our strategy, sets out our charity’s plans to grow our income and build on our expertise and unique position in the sector. We provide expert bereavement and grief information and support, and our charity has been supporting people for over 65 years. We support adults, children and young people across England, Wales and Northern Ireland, through our national services, over 80 local branches and online information about grief and bereavement.
You will take the lead role in proactively researching and building a strong pipeline of opportunities, securing and growing income from charitable trusts and foundations, taking on a leadership role in working with senior external and internal stakeholders including funders and teams across the organisation to develop and submit compelling projects and proposals. The role will include the line management of the Trust and Foundation Team and ensure the creation of high-quality applications, ambitious cultivation of donors across key portfolio areas and consistent and appropriate, stewardship of funders.
How to apply
Your application must consist of a CV and covering letter, which outlines your suitability for the role with reference to the Job Description and Person Specification and should be no longer than two pages. Please note that if you application does not include both a CV and covering letter, your application may not be considered.
The closing date for applications is 25 September 2026 with interviews taking place week commencing 5 October 2026. We reserve the right to close the advert early, as interviews will be held as suitable candidates apply.
Please be advised that if you do not hear from us by 5 October 2026, unfortunately on this occasion you have not been shortlisted.
Cruse welcomes and encourages applications from all protected groups as defined by the Equality Act 2010. Appointment will be made on merit.
Criminal Record Checks
All staff are required to complete a Criminal Record check. Staff working directly with clients will be required to complete an enhanced check. We comply with the relevant codes of practice and they can be viewed online:
Applicants in England and Wales: DBS Code of Practice
Applicants in Northern Ireland: AccessNI Code of Practice
Previous convictions will not prevent full consideration of your application to work with Cruse. Our Recruitment of Ex-offenders’ Policy & Handling Criminal Record Check Data Policy are available on request by email.
We comply with all relevant data protection legislation and process your data fairly.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Senior Church Partnerships Manager
We are seeking an experienced relationship-focused fundraiser to build church partnerships and inspire Christian audiences to support vulnerable children worldwide.
Salary: £45,563 to £48,375 per annum, depending on experience
Location: Home-based, with regular travel across the South East and wider UK
Hours: Full-time, 36.5 hours per week
Contract: Permanent
Closing date: 5 October 2026
About the role
This is an exciting opportunity to grow engagement and income from churches and Christian audiences for an international children’s charity.
As Senior Church Partnerships Manager, you will develop trusted relationships with church leaders, congregations and individual Christians. Through meetings, events, telephone and online engagement, you will inspire people to support the organisation’s mission through giving, advocacy and prayer.
Key responsibilities include:
You will speak in churches on approximately 18 Sundays each year. Regular travel and occasional overnight stays will be required.
**Please note that the internal title for this position is South East Area Manager.
About you
You will be an experienced and confident relationship builder with a background in fundraising, sales, business development or supporter engagement. Comfortable working towards stretching targets, you will combine strategic thinking with practical delivery.
You will bring:
A full UK driving licence and the existing right to work in the UK are essential. Sponsorship is not available.
About the organisation
Join an international children’s charity working with children, communities, supporters and partners in almost 100 countries. Through long-term development projects, emergency responses and advocacy, the organisation has helped bring lasting change to millions of children for more than 60 years. As a Christian charity, everything is motivated by faith and a commitment to reflecting God’s unconditional love.
Employment is conditional upon applicable background checks, including a criminal records check.
The organisation values diversity and particularly welcomes applications from under-represented communities. It offers flexible working practices and encourages disabled applicants to request reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process.
Other roles you may have experience of could include Church Fundraising Manager, Church Partnerships Manager, Regional Fundraising Manager, Christian Partnerships Manager, Community Fundraising Manager, Relationship Fundraising Manager or Church Engagement Manager.
Please note this role is advertised by the recruitment agency acting for the client, Not For Profit People. #INDNFP
Job Title: Relationship Manager (East Scotland)
Location: Home-based covering the East of Scotland, preferably living in or near Edinburgh. Candidates should ideally reside in this area and have access to a vehicle as there is a requirement to be able to travel across the region to attend meetings, events and training.
Hours: 35 hrs per week
Contract type: Permanent
Salary: £33,108 per annum
What we do: We help young people through cancer
How we work: We’re Determined, United, Spirited and Kind
What we’re looking for:
Key dates:
Applications by Sunday 27th September. 1st stage interviews on 7th or 9th October (online) and Second interviews on 15th or 16th October (in person in Edinburgh)
How to apply:
You’ll need to register on our portal, complete a short application and answer four questions about your skills and experience in relation to the role.
What we offer:
Our commitment to inclusion and accessibility:
At Teenage Cancer Trust one of our key focuses is around equity and making sure our services are accessible and inclusive to all young people with cancer, with no-one left behind. We have the same goal for people working with us.
Teenage Cancer Trust is committed to recognising and valuing individual differences and the contributions of all people.
Should you require any assistance or adjustments to support your interview process, such as additional time for tasks, meeting the panellists beforehand, information in another format or a different interview format (online/offline/in person), please don’t hesitate to get in touch with the HR Team and we will do our best to accommodate your request.
We are a Disability Confident employer which means we have committed to offering interviews to disabled candidates who meet the essential criteria for the role listed under the 'What you'll bring to the team' section of the job description and shortlisting questions.
To opt into this scheme, please enter ‘yes’ in the appropriate question on the application form.
Please note that in recruitment campaigns with a high volume of candidates opting into the scheme, interview offers will be made only to those who best meet the essential criteria and provide the strongest responses to the shortlisting questions.
We are unable to offer individual feedback at the shortlisting stage.
Privacy and Safeguarding:
At Teenage Cancer Trust we take our commitment to safeguarding seriously and work to protect and promote the rights of the young people who we support.Our safeguarding responsibilities extendto the children and adults who work to support the charity, who we also have a duty of care to protect.Safeguarding isat the forefront of each activity we carry out.In line with our approach, this role issubject to a DBS check(Disclosure and Barring Service).
For information on how we collect, store and process personal data please contact the HR Team
We anonymise applications until interview stage to ensure an equitable hiring process. We understand that some applicants may choose to use AI tools such as ChatGPT to support their application. If you do, please make sure your responses reflect your own voice, experience and motivation for joining us.
We’re looking to get to know you, so the strongest applications are those that are authentic, personal and demonstrate your unique skills, experience, and knowledge. Relying heavily on AI-generated content can sometimes overlook key requirements in the job description and may reduce how effectively your application comes across.
We’re here to give every young person facing cancer the best care and support.



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Harris Hill is delighted to be supporting a leading international membership organisation to recruit a Senior Manager, International Engagement and Partnerships.
This is a senior role with responsibility for developing international relationships, strategic partnerships, regional networks and Centres of Excellence. You will help shape how the organisation engages with communities and partners globally, ensuring relationships deliver meaningful and sustainable impact.
Key responsibilities
About you
You will be an experienced international partnerships or stakeholder engagement professional with the ability to build trusted relationships and turn them into meaningful outcomes.
You will bring:
Experience within membership, education, healthcare or health professions education would be advantageous.
This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in shaping an organisation’s international reach, influence and impact
For more information, please submit your CV.
Please note, CVs are being reviewed on a rolling basis, and only successful applicants will be contacted with more information.
As leading charity recruitment specialists and a certified B Corp™, Harris Hill is committed to high and ever-improving standards of equitable and inclusive recruitment. We actively welcome applications from all sections of the community regardless of age, disability, gender, race, religion, sexuality and other protected characteristics.
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We are looking for experienced social workers to help take the Weekenders programme into its next chapter. You will join a small, ambitious charity and play a central role in growing a relational, child-focused programme across England.
THE OPPORTUNITY
Salary: starting from £40,000, subject to experience
Hours: full time, 37.5 hours per week
Location: home-based within England, with regular team co-working and travel
Contracts: one permanent post and two 18-month fixed-term posts
Flexibility: occasional evening or weekend delivery, usually around once per month
Travel: across England, including occasional overnight stays; reasonable expenses are covered
ABOUT NOW FOSTER
Now Foster brings together social work, service design, lived experience and innovation to transform fostering in England. Our vision is to bring many more wonderful people into fostering so that more children and young people can experience stable, meaningful relationships with caring adults.
We are a small team with big ambitions. We value creativity, collaboration, learning and continuous improvement, and we work with partners who share our determination to do better for children and families.
ABOUT WEEKENDERS
Weekenders is our flagship programme. We recruit and support weekend foster carers – known as Weekenders – who build regular, long-term relationships with children and young people supported by local authorities. It is about showing up, making a difference and becoming an adult a young person can count on.
The programme is entering an exciting period of growth. We are expanding our partnerships with Regional Care Cooperatives, Fostering Hubs and local authorities across England, currently including London, the South West, North West and North East.
THE ROLE – Lead delivery, develop people and stay close to practice
As a Weekenders Programme Manager, you will turn our ambition into consistently excellent delivery. You will lead the day-to-day support of applicants across an agreed portfolio of areas, making sure prospective Weekenders receive a warm, responsive and motivational experience and that our partners can rely on us to deliver what we have agreed.
This is a people-management and delivery role with a strong connection to practice. You will line-manage Journey Guides, manage a network of independent social workers (ISWs), lead our prep group training and undertake some intro chats yourself.
The role does not carry a statutory caseload. It does carry real responsibility for safeguarding, practice quality, operational oversight and relationships across a growing, geographically distributed programme.
Delivery Leadership: Lead programme delivery
Take day-to-day responsibility for Weekenders delivery across an agreed portfolio of Fostering Hubs and local authority partners.
Turn partnership agreements and local processes into clear applicant journeys, with roles, handovers and timescales understood by everyone involved.
Plan capacity across Journey Guides, ISWs, prep group training and your own direct work so that delivery keeps pace with demand.
Monitor applicant progress, identify delays or risks early and work with colleagues and partners to find practical solutions.
Maintain a consistent Now Foster experience across regions while adapting thoughtfully to local contexts.
People Management: Manage and develop Journey Guides
Provide reflective one-to-one and group supervision, clear objectives and timely feedback.
Allocate work fairly, monitor workloads and create the structure needed for responsive applicant support.
Coach Journey Guides in relationship-based, strengths-based and motivational conversations, using observation, role play and practice review where helpful.
Support sound judgement, safe practice and professional boundaries, addressing performance or wellbeing concerns early and constructively.
Build a connected team culture in which people share learning, ask for help and take ownership.
Practice Oversight: Manage ISWs and assure practice quality
Build and maintain a reliable pool of qualified, registered ISWs to undertake initial home visits and teach on prep group training days.
Coordinate ISW recruitment, onboarding, availability, allocation and briefing in line with our safer recruitment and practice arrangements.
Set clear expectations for the quality, timeliness and tone of home visits, written outputs, training and feedback.
Review quality, provide constructive feedback and address concerns promptly, while forecasting capacity and arranging cover.
Training: Plan, staff and lead prep group training
Own the planning and delivery of prep group training across programme areas, including schedules, venues or online delivery, materials, communications and staffing.
Facilitate and teach on prep groups, modelling inclusive, relational and reflective practice.
Brief and support ISW co-facilitators so sessions are coherent, well-paced and grounded in the realities of fostering.
Make sure applicants can reflect meaningfully on children's needs, safer caring, trauma-informed care, cultural matching and working with fostering services.
Ensure observations and training feedback are recorded sensitively and on time, and use feedback to strengthen future delivery.
Relationships: Stay close to applicants and partners
Undertake some intro chats, particularly where additional experience, judgement or continuity is needed.
Step into complex applicant situations or difficult conversations without taking over work appropriately held by Journey Guides.
Develop trusted operational relationships with Fostering Hubs, Regional Care Cooperatives, local authority fostering teams and other partners.
Work through differences or blockages constructively, combining persistence with curiosity about other people's pressures and perspectives.
Programme Addurance: Safeguarding, quality and improvement
Promote a strong safeguarding culture and ensure concerns are recognised, recorded and escalated appropriately.
Maintain accurate, timely records and use pipeline data, feedback and practice observations to understand performance and improve delivery.
Contribute to the development of tools, guidance, communications and digital workflows as Weekenders grows.
WHO WE'RE LOOKING FOR – Experience, judgement and a strongly relational approach
Essential
You will need a recognised social work qualification and current registration with Social Work England. Beyond that, we are looking for someone who can combine strong practice judgement with people leadership and operational oversight.
You will thrive in this role if you have
People-management experience – line-managing, supervising or developing staff, including giving feedback and supporting performance and wellbeing.
Operational leadership – experience leading a service, programme or complex workflow with multiple people, deadlines and handovers.
Children's services experience – in fostering, children's social care or a closely related setting, with a sound understanding of safeguarding and professional accountability.
Training confidence – experience planning and delivering engaging adult learning, workshops or group training.
Partnership skills – experience building productive relationships across organisational boundaries and working through operational challenges.
A relational approach – able to hold warm, purposeful and appropriately challenging conversations with people from a wide range of backgrounds.
Strong organisation and judgement – able to prioritise, delegate, manage dependencies and recognise what needs closer oversight or escalation.
Digital and data confidence – comfortable using CRM and workflow systems, interpreting delivery information and turning insight into action.
The way you work matters
Children first – you keep children's needs, relationships and long-term outcomes at the centre of decisions.
Warm and reflective – you build genuine relationships, remain curious about your own impact and welcome feedback.
Courageous and accountable – you name concerns, make decisions, follow through and own mistakes.
Collaborative – you share learning generously while maintaining clear accountability.
Adaptable – you are comfortable in a small, ambitious organisation where roles and systems continue to evolve.
Bonus points for
Lived experience of the care system.
Training or experience in motivational interviewing, systemic practice, coaching or another relational approach.
Experience of foster carer recruitment, initial visits, assessment, prep groups, panel or post-approval support.
Experience commissioning, coordinating or quality-assuring ISWs, associates or other independent practitioners.
A practice educator, adult-teaching or training qualification, or substantial equivalent experience.
Experience scaling a service across regions or working with a dispersed team and multiple delivery partners.
Project, budget, contract, risk or resource-management experience.
Experience of co-production, service design or continuous improvement.
WHAT IS IN IT FOR YOU
Joining Now Foster means being part of something different. We are small, ambitious and innovative, and you will have genuine influence over how Weekenders grows. You will stay close to practice and impact without carrying a statutory caseload.
You will join a supportive, collaborative team that cares about doing excellent work in a sustainable and humane way. We work a 37.5-hour week and trust people to manage their time with balance. The programme sometimes requires evening work, weekend training days or travel, and we flex working time around those commitments.
Salary from £40,000.
28 days of annual leave plus bank holidays.
Home-based working with regular co-working and team days.
Travel and reasonable work expenses covered in line with Now Foster policy.
The tools and technology you need to work effectively.
Workplace pension scheme
The opportunity to help build a bold, lasting and more relational approach to fostering.
We know strong candidates do not always meet every desirable criterion. If the purpose of the role excites you and your experience gives you a strong foundation for the essentials, we encourage you to apply.
RECRUITMENT PROCESS – Key dates and how to apply
Early application is encouraged. We may close the advert before 20 September if we receive a sufficient number of strong applications.
HOW TO APPLY
Please apply through the Charity Jobs listing by the closing date. Candidates invited to interview will receive further information about the format and preparation in advance.
You must have the right to work in the UK. Appointment is subject to current registration with Social Work England, a satisfactory Enhanced DBS check and our other safer recruitment requirements.
We recognise that candidates may use generative AI tools to support their application. This is acceptable, but your application must remain an authentic reflection of your own experience and motivation. Please tell us if and how you used AI as part of preparing it.
As a small charity unfortunately we do not have capacity to respond to unsuccessful candidates or offer feedback at the application stage. Please assume you have been unsuccessful on this occasion if you do not hear from us before the interview dates.
OUR COMMITMENT TO EQUALITY
Now Foster is committed to being an equal opportunities employer. We celebrate diversity and actively encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, identities and experiences. Recruitment decisions are made using fair, objective and transparent criteria, and we will make reasonable adjustments so the process is accessible.
If you want to help grow a pioneering programme, develop a thoughtful team and create more lasting relationships for children and young people, we would love to hear from you.
Your answers to the four questions when you click apply are what we assess. All answers up to 300 words. Allow around 90 minutes in total. We ask for a CV because the platform requires one, but we score the questions first and use the CV only for factual checks after shortlisting.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Role: Humanitarian Management Trainee - Human Resources and Membership
Hours: Full-time
Pay: £35,000 GBP gross per annum
Duration:18 months (with possible extension dependent on funding)
Location: UK-based with international deployment
Are you looking to kickstart your career in the humanitarian sector? Is your ambition to develop towards leadership roles in humanitarian work? And are you willing to work hard, learn by doing, and contribute to humanitarian work by doing everything it takes to deliver lifesaving health emergency responses?
UK-Med is a frontline medical aid charity. Born of the NHS, we’ve been working for over 30 years towards a world where everyone has the healthcare they need when crises or disasters hit.
We are excited to launch our Humanitarian Management Trainee Scheme, offering three distinct trainee roles in the areas of MEAL, Communications and Human Resources & Membership. The Humanitarian Management Trainee Scheme presents an unparalleled learning opportunity for early-career professionals who are committed to a career in humanitarian work. It is an opportunity to accelerate your development towards future leadership roles in the humanitarian sector.
The Humanitarian Management Trainee Scheme consists of an 18-month pathway designed to provide in-depth exposure to humanitarian health programming through a structured professional development plan. You will embed within a team, gaining practical experience and contributing actively to its work and priorities and those of the wider organisation, both at Headquarters and in the field. Alongside this, you will undertake formal and informal professional development through training, mentoring, shadowing and on-the-job learning.
The traineeship is a structured development opportunity and is not intended to fill an established role within UK-Med’s organisational structure.
As a trainee, you will:
You will have relevant qualifications or equivalent professional experience, with an established technical foundation in your chosen field. Some professional and international experience is essential, alongside a strong interest in applying your existing skills and developing your career within the humanitarian sector.
How to apply
We strongly recommend that you read the Candidate Information Pack - Humanitarian Management Trainee - HR & Membership - Sept 2026 before applying for this role.
To apply, please submit a current CV and answer the application questions:
Please apply below, as soon as possible and no later than Thursday 8th October 2026.
Our selection process is designed to understand your potential, motivation and suitability for the Humanitarian Management Trainee Scheme, as well as the skills and experience you would bring to your chosen pathway.
Shortlisted candidates will first be invited to an online interview. Following the interview stage, selected candidates will then be invited to attend an in-person assessment in Manchester. The assessment will include a range of individual and/or group activities designed to explore your skills, approach and potential.
The in-person assessment is expected to take place on the 19th of November in Manchester. If you progress to this stage, you will be expected to attend in person, so we encourage applicants to keep this date available where possible. UK-Med will provide further information regarding the assessment and associated travel/logistical arrangements to candidates invited to this stage.
Please note: Due to the nature of this role, candidates must be deployable without the need for additional visa applications to Schengen countries. This requirement is essential for operational reasons to ensure swift and efficient deployment in humanitarian settings, enabling timely and effective responses to crises.
Applications for work in the UK can only be accepted from people with an existing right to work in the UK.
UK-Med is committed to safeguarding of our personnel and beneficiaries and has a zero-tolerance approach to sexual exploitation and abuse.We conduct thorough vetting before any appointment is confirmed.
UK-Med is committed to the principles of diversity, equality, and inclusion.We strive to provide an inclusive and supportive environment where employees feel respected and supported to be able to fulfil their potential.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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This organisation is scheduling interviews as applications come in. They're ready to hire as soon as they find the right person. Don't miss your opportunity, apply now!
Make a difference every day by helping a growing autism charity deliver the very best support for autistic people and their families.
Space4Autism is looking for an experienced, organised and people-focused Business & Operations Manager to help drive our organisation forward and ensure everything behind the scenes runs effectively.
Space4Autism has been a lifeline for autistic individuals and their families across Cheshire East since 2005. What started as a parent-founded, volunteer-run charity has grown into an organisation delivering over 4,000 activities a year - social clubs for children and young people, parent and carer support, services for autistic adults, an autism-friendly community café, a charity shop offering work experience for autistic adults, training and workshops, and space for private hire. Everything we do is guided by one simple promise: we listen, we help, we care.
Now, as we grow, we need someone who can help us grow well - a Business & Operations Manager who will work hand-in-hand with our CEO to keep the organisation running smoothly, sustainably, and with the same care we bring to every family we support.
The opportunity…
This is a hands-on senior leadership role for a pragmatic, confident operator who's just as comfortable in a budget spreadsheet as they are supporting a team, and who genuinely wants their work to change lives. You'll be a trusted partner to the CEO, taking ownership of the day-to-day so that strategy turns into action - across business planning, finance, funding, people, operations, and governance.
You'll report directly to the CEO and line manage the whole Space4Autism team, giving you real influence over how the charity runs and grows.
What you'll be doing…
Business planning & strategy: help shape, implement, and monitor our business plan, turn strategic goals into clear action plans, and keep leadership priorities, projects, and timelines on track. You'll attend Trustee Board meetings and bring your insight, challenges, and ideas to the table.
Budgets & finance: support budget planning, monitoring, and reporting, and keep a close eye on spend so we stay financially sustainable, working alongside our finance team and external accountants.
Funding & income: help drive our funding strategy and income diversification, track grant requirements and deadlines, and coordinate funding applications and stakeholder communications.
Operations: own the smooth running of the organisation day to day: improving systems and processes, spotting operational risks before they become problems, and supporting governance and compliance.
People Management & Leadership: line manage the whole team, lead on recruitment, and support onboarding, performance, and development, building a working culture that's positive, collaborative, and accountable.
Policy & governance: develop and maintain our policies and procedures, keeping us compliant with legislation and best practice, and supporting our wider governance and compliance reporting.
What we're looking for…
· Strong business management and operational leadership experience
· Proven financial and budget management capability
· Experience managing people, teams, and organisational processes
· Sound knowledge of governance and compliance, including regulatory frameworks, safeguarding, and best practice
· Somebody who is able to occasionally attend off-site fundraisers and other events outside of core working hours
· A track record of supporting organisational growth — scaling services, managing change, building capacity
· A confident, pragmatic decision maker with sharp problem-solving skills
· Excellent organisational skills and the ability to juggle competing priorities
· A hands-on style that works both strategically and operationally
· Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
It would also be great if you have…
· Experience building strategic relationships and partnerships
· A background in the charity, healthcare, or NHS sectors
· Knowledge of charity governance, safeguarding, or regulatory frameworks
· An understanding of autism services or neurodiversity-informed practice
· Experience working in a growing organisation or service environment
You'll fit right in if you're…
Proactive and solutions-focused, calm under pressure, a collaborative leader with a strong sense of accountability and integrity and genuinely passionate about improving outcomes for autistic individuals and their families.
What you’ll get in return…
· Salary of £38,000 - £42,000 DOE
· Enrollment into employee pension scheme
· 31 days holidays including bank holidays
· Wellbeing social days
· Charity discount scheme
Ready to apply? Here’s what you need to know…
Please submit your most up to date CV via this advert. It is highly desirable that you also attach a cover letter to highlight your relevant experience and motivations for wanting to join Space4Autism.
Suitable candidates will be contacted for an initial telephone discussion prior to final shortlisting. Those shortlisted will be invited to attend a competency-based interview where you will also be tasked with preparing a short presentation.
If you are successful in the competency-based interview, you will be invited to attend a final meeting with the CEO to ensure you align and to answer any questions you may have about the role and the charity.
We are anticipating a high volume of applications for this role and while we will endeavor to respond to all applications, if you have not been contacted prior to the closing date, please assume you have not been successful on this occasion.
Disability Confident Employer
Space4Autism is proud to be a Disability Confident Employer (reg no. DCS021234). We guarantee an interview to any disabled applicant who meets the essential criteria for this role, as set out in the job specification.
If you'd like to apply under this scheme, please let us know by stating this clearly on your CV / covering letter and telling us that you wish to be considered under the Disability Confident scheme. You're welcome to share as much or as little detail about your disability as you're comfortable with, we only need enough information to confirm you meet the criteria.
If you're invited to interview, please also let us know of any reasonable adjustments you'd need to take part. For example, accessible interview arrangements, extra time, alternative formats for materials, or a different interview format. You can tell us this at the same time as applying, or at any point once you've been invited, and it won't affect your application in any way.
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Job Title: Hertfordshire Project Assistant
Salary: £27,980 (London Fringe weighting)
Position Type: Full time/Fixed term (until December 2028)
Reports to: Scaling Manager
Based at: Remote, with travel to schools in Hertfordshire
Working Hours: 5 days a week, 9am-5pm (flexible)
Pension: School Food Matters matches pension contributions at 7% of pensionable earnings
Holiday: 31 days including bank holidays that fall on working days. Holidays must be taken during the school holidays
This role requires occasional work outside of core hours (for example, if visiting a school breakfast club). It also requires travel to schools across Hertfordshire, so access to a car would be desirable. Training for delivery of the programme will be provided online and in person, and you will be expected to travel outside of Hertfordshire for some of these sessions.
Background to School Food Matters
At School Food Matters we believe that school food can unlock a happier, healthier, more sustainable future for every child. We want a school food system that delivers for all children, so they can enjoy nutritious, delicious and sustainable school food and leave school with an informed and positive relationship with food. To achieve this, we campaign for a better school food system, bringing the voices of children, parents, and teachers to government policy, and deliver fully funded food education programmes in schools across the country.
Background to Nourish
Our Nourish programme supports schools to create a food environment that puts children and young people's nutrition first. The evidence-based, multi-component programme helps schools to develop action plans and policies to cover the food served across the whole school day. Nourish uses a collaborative whole school approach to food involving everyone across the school community to create lasting positive change.
Job purpose
· To support two Project Officers with the delivery of Nourish in 30 schools in Hertfordshire (primary, secondary and SEND settings) over 2 years
Key tasks include
· Recruit schools to take part in Nourish
· Shadow and support project team to deliver in person food audits in schools
· Build relationships and work closely with teachers, teaching assistants, cooks, kitchen teams and senior leaders in schools in Hertfordshire to improve the food they offer their students
· Provide practical support to the project team with setting up workshops including paperwork and food shopping
· Provide admin support to the project team
· Tailor Nourish resources for Hertfordshire schools where required
· Collect data and maintain accurate records relating to the project
· Gather content for our comms team, website and social media platforms
· Keep project team fully updated on progress
· Keep up to date with safeguarding requirements and reporting procedures
· Maintaining the ethos of the charity and positively promoting our work at all times
· You will also be expected to undertake any other tasks relevant to the affairs of SFM that may arise from time to time. Therefore, being flexible and approaching the job with an open and positive mindset is essential.
Person Specification
Essential
· Excellent administrative and organisational skills with great attention to detail
· Excellent IT skills including excel, word and email
· Ability to work in a team, and seek help when needed
· Comfortable engaging with variety of audiences (students, school staff and parents), incl. writing and responding to email, conducting telephone, virtual and face to face meetings, and running workshops
· Self-motivated and optimistic with a can-do attitude
Desirable
· Experience of working for a charity or not for profit organisation
· Experience of working in schools
· An interest in food education and children’s health
· Access to a car
We campaign for a better school food system. We support schools, local authorities and MATs to improve food in schools.



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Harris Hill are delighted to be partnering with Action for Pulmonary Fibrosis (APF), the UK’s leading patient charity for people affected by pulmonary fibrosis, to recruit a Senior Education and Events Officer.
Salary: £31,000 - £34,500
Location: Hybrid role, with attendance at the charity’s Peterborough office for team meetings, collaboration and other key activities, typically on a quarterly basis, alongside travel to meetings, events and partner sites as required.
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced events and education professional to coordinate and deliver APF’s education and events programme for people affected by pulmonary fibrosis, healthcare professionals and wider stakeholders.
Key responsibilities
We are looking for:
Experience within a health, charity, membership, education or patient-support setting would be desirable, as would experience working with clinicians or supporting external conferences, policy events or funded activity.
If you are an organised, collaborative events professional looking for a role with genuine purpose and impact, we would love to hear from you.
For more information, please submit your CV.
Please note, CVs are being reviewed on a rolling basis, and only successful applicants will be contacted with more information.
As leading charity recruitment specialists and a certified B Corp™, Harris Hill is committed to high and ever-improving standards of equitable and inclusive recruitment. We actively welcome applications from all sections of the community regardless of age, disability, gender, race, religion, sexuality and other protected characteristics.
Role: Humanitarian Management Trainee - Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL)
Hours: Full-time
Pay: £35,000 GBP gross per annum
Duration:18 months (with possible extension dependent on funding)
Location: UK-based with international deployment
Are you looking to kickstart your career in the humanitarian sector? Is your ambition to develop towards leadership roles in humanitarian work? And are you willing to work hard, learn by doing, and contribute to humanitarian work by doing everything it takes to deliver lifesaving health emergency responses?
UK-Med is a frontline medical aid charity. Born of the NHS, we’ve been working for over 30 years towards a world where everyone has the healthcare they need when crises or disasters hit.
We are excited to launch our Humanitarian Management Trainee Scheme, offering three distinct trainee roles in the areas of MEAL, Communications and Human Resources & Membership. The Humanitarian Management Trainee Scheme presents an unparalleled learning opportunity for early-career professionals who are committed to a career in humanitarian work. It is an opportunity to accelerate your development towards future leadership roles in the humanitarian sector.
The Humanitarian Management Trainee Scheme consists of an 18-month pathway designed to provide in-depth exposure to humanitarian health programming through a structured professional development plan. You will embed within a team, gaining practical experience and contributing actively to its work and priorities and those of the wider organisation, both at Headquarters and in the field. Alongside this, you will undertake formal and informal professional development through training, mentoring, shadowing and on-the-job learning.
The traineeship is a structured development opportunity and is not intended to fill an established role within UK-Med’s organisational structure.
As a trainee, you will:
You will have relevant qualifications or equivalent professional experience, with an established technical foundation in your chosen field. Some professional and international experience is essential, alongside a strong interest in applying your existing skills and developing your career within the humanitarian sector.
How to apply
We strongly recommend that you read the Candidate Information Pack - Humanitarian Management Trainee - MEAL - Sept 2026 before applying for this role.
To apply, please submit a current CV and answer the application questions:
Please apply below, as soon as possible and no later than Thursday 8th October 2026.
Our selection process is designed to understand your potential, motivation and suitability for the Humanitarian Management Trainee Scheme, as well as the skills and experience you would bring to your chosen pathway.
Shortlisted candidates will first be invited to an online interview. Following the interview stage, selected candidates will then be invited to attend an in-person assessment in Manchester. The assessment will include a range of individual and/or group activities designed to explore your skills, approach and potential.
The in-person assessment is expected to take place on the 19th of November in Manchester. If you progress to this stage, you will be expected to attend in person, so we encourage applicants to keep this date available where possible. UK-Med will provide further information regarding the assessment and associated travel/logistical arrangements to candidates invited to this stage.
Please note: Due to the nature of this role, candidates must be deployable without the need for additional visa applications to Schengen countries. This requirement is essential for operational reasons to ensure swift and efficient deployment in humanitarian settings, enabling timely and effective responses to crises.
Applications for work in the UK can only be accepted from people with an existing right to work in the UK.
UK-Med is committed to safeguarding of our personnel and beneficiaries and has a zero-tolerance approach to sexual exploitation and abuse.We conduct thorough vetting before any appointment is confirmed.
UK-Med is committed to the principles of diversity, equality, and inclusion.We strive to provide an inclusive and supportive environment where employees feel respected and supported to be able to fulfil their potential.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Harris Hill are delighted to be partnering with Action for Pulmonary Fibrosis (APF), the UK’s leading patient charity for people affected by pulmonary fibrosis, to recruit a Senior Information and Education Manager.
Salary: £40,000 - £45,000
Location: Hybrid role, with attendance at the charity’s Peterborough office for team meetings, collaboration and other key activities, typically on a quarterly basis, alongside travel to meetings, events and partner sites as required
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced health information, content or patient education professional to lead APF’s information and education work, ensuring people affected by pulmonary fibrosis can access clear, accurate, trusted and accessible information when they need it most.
Key responsibilities
We are looking for:
If you are an experienced health information or patient education professional looking for a role with genuine purpose and impact, we would love to hear from you.
For more information, please submit your CV.
Please note, CVs are being reviewed on a rolling basis, and only successful applicants will be contacted with more information.
As leading charity recruitment specialists and a certified B Corp™, Harris Hill is committed to high and ever-improving standards of equitable and inclusive recruitment. We actively welcome applications from all sections of the community regardless of age, disability, gender, race, religion, sexuality and other protected characteristics.
Position: Breathing Space Coordinator, Wales
Hours: 21 hours per week
Contract: Fixed term until March 2029
Location: Home-based in Wales
Salary: £26,912 per annum FTE, (£16,147 per annum actual for 21 hours per week) plus excellent benefits
Salary Band and Job Family: Band 1, Charity
You’ll start at our entry point salary of £26,912 per annum FTE (£16,147 actual), increasing to £28,594 per annum FTE (£17,156 actual) after 6 months service and satisfactory performance and to £30,276 per annum FTE (£18,166 actual) after a further 6 months.
About us
We make sure people living with MS are at the centre of everything we do. And it’s this commitment that unites us across the UK.
Our strategy is based on what people affected by MS have told us is important to them. It gives us a clear and determined focus.
Our work is based on the hopes and aspirations of our MS community. Together we campaign at all levels, fund ground-breaking research and provide award winning support and information.
Our people are our greatest asset and the key to our success. We offer a vibrant, progressive working environment where you'll be able to make a difference.
About this job
This part-time, fixed-term role (21 hours per week) will coordinate our Breathing Space project in Wales until March 2029. The project enables unpaid carers supporting people with MS and other neurological conditions to take short breaks.
We are seeking an enthusiastic, experienced Project Coordinator who enjoys delivering fixed-term funded projects, working directly with the people we support and our volunteers. Excellent communication skills and a proven ability to achieve project objectives are essential.
You will work closely with unpaid carers, people affected by MS and other neurological conditions, key external partners, the Service and Support Team, the Director for Wales and teams across the MS Society. Focused on outcomes and tangible results, you will build strong stakeholder partnerships and represent the MS Society at meetings and events promoting the project to unpaid carers.
The role can be based anywhere in Wales, but regular travel across Wales is expected.
Welsh language skills are desirable
Closing date for applications: 9:00 on Monday 28th September 2026.
Anticipated interview date: 6th & 7th October.
Interested?
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Equal Opportunities
We particularly welcome applications from people with disabilities and or from ethnic minority backgrounds.
We’d be grateful if you downloaded and completed the equality and diversity monitoring form and submit it with your application.
Disability Confident Employer
We’re a Disability Confident Employer and we’re committed to promoting equality and diversity.
You can ask for reasonable adjustments as part of both our recruitment and new starter on-boarding processes.
If you need any help or adjustments to apply for this role, please contact us. You can also ask for the application materials to be sent to you in a different format. Such as for them to be sent to you by email or in a larger word format.
More about our employee benefits:
We have a wide range of employee benefits including (but not limited to):
Encouraging work life balance
Caring for you and your family
Thinking about your finances
Enriching your life at work
Safeguarding
We’re committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of everyone who uses our services and we come into contact with.
This is regardless of Gender, Race, Disability, Sexual orientation, Religion or belief, Pregnancy, Gender reassignment.
We recognise our particular responsibility to make sure vulnerable adults and children are protected.
We have measures in place to protect everyone we come into contact with from abuse and maltreatment of all kinds.
Your right to work in the UK
You must have the right to work in the UK to work in paid employment with us. You’ll need to share documents showing you’re eligible to work in the UK if we offer you employment.
You can find the UK visas and permits granting you the right to work in the UK on the UK Government website. We currently don’t have a Sponsor Licence agreement with the Home Office and aren’t able to support you with your visa applications.
No agencies please.
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